4].6 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 264.‘ 1924. °bi°°'"P°*’*°°‘· examination of estimates for appropriations in the Held; refunds for overcollections hereafter received on account of water-right _ charges, rentals, and deposits for other purposes; prmting and v°“‘°““‘ binding, not exceeding $30,000; purchase, maintenance, and operation of horse—drawn or motor-propelled passengencarrying ve- ,,,I,{Y"“°‘°’ ‘° D"? hicles; payment of damages caused to the owners of lands or rivate roperty of any kind by reason of the operations of the illnited States, its officers or employees, in the survey, construction, operation, or maintenance of irrigation works, and which may be com rised by agreement between the claimant and the Secretary of the Interior; and payment for official telephone service in the Held hereafter incurred in case of official telephones installed in private houses when authorized under regulations established by
- "°*°°*-° °°°*¤’°*°"· the Secretary of the Interior:
S°*‘m”·”"· Salt River project, Arizona: For examination of project and _ prgject accounts, $5,000; _ _ _ _ ‘,[,,*:;*?p·f*,¥é% uma project, Arizona—Ca11forn1a: For operation and mainte- ' ’ nance, continuation of construction, and incidental operations, $765,000, of which not to exceed $250,000 may be expended for the construction of a hydroelectric power plant at the syphon drop on §§{‘_,§,,“°,;,,m on dg the main canal: Provided, That no part of said sum of $250,000 v¤1¤¤¤¤¤¤= of ¤¤¤¢=¤:i<= shall be expended until contracts have been entered into by a ma- °°”' jon-ity of the water-right applicants and entrymen, for the lands to be charged with the cost of said hydroelectric power plant in the V°‘·”·*’·“" manner énlpvided by sgcgoiplil of the hR§cl§mation Exltension Act approve ugust 13, 1 irty-eig t tatutes at ar , ,,]f,‘}f’°’“"‘ °°" °‘ 686), wherein said water-right applicants and entrymen shaiiilbl fgtig to repay the cost of said_ power plant chargeable against their lands, in twelve equal annual instalments, commencing December 1, 1925; °*l¤¤d· 0**5* Orland project, California: For operation and maintenance, continuation of construction, and incidental operations, $40 000; Gmm V**“¤Y·C°*° Grand Valley project, Colorado, including Orchard Mlesa, division: For operation and maintenance. continuance of construction, and incidental operations. $465,000; V°°°¤*P°h¤°· C°‘°· Unccmpahgre project, Colorado: For operation and maintenance, continuation of construction, and incidental operations, $150,000; B°‘*’·m“"°· Boise project, Idaho: For operation and maintenance, contin- §j°{{',{’;,m,,,,,,,,,,,, nation c construction, and incidental operations: Provided, That ¢¤f¢=li¤¤i¤¤d- the expenditure for drainage Shall not exceed the amount paid by the water users pursuant to the provisions of the Boise public notice dated February 15, 1921, except for drainage in irrigation districts formed under State laws andp upon the execution of agreem¢,p._mo. ments for the repayment to the United States of the costs thereof, ,§,°§‘m'§°‘,,{°"§, ‘Q‘{,,{.§ $1,080,000; Provided further That no part of the money ap rc- ¤°‘*°'· priated under this pa1‘agI:¤pl’l shall be expended for the develbpment of electric power unt1l the Secretary of the Interior shall have secured, subject to the needs of the Boise pro`ect, a contract with the Gem Irrigation District, providing for tlie purchase by that district, for a period to be determined by the Secretary of the Interior, of the electric power necessary for the irrigation of the lands m§,‘§,‘f*'“°‘ '°‘*°*‘°‘ of said district: Ami provided further, That the rates in such centract shall be sufficient to include interest at five per centum er annum on the cost of such power development plus a reasonable depreciation on the ower plant, as found by the Secretary of the Interior, and that tile contract shall provide that before delivery of power in any season the district shall furnish security satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior to insure payment to the Government of the power charges for such season, and that such contract shall be entered into only in the event that the holders of not less than ninety per centum of the face value of the bonded and
